To C. H. Blackley 14 January 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 14th / 79
Dear Sir
I must send you a line to thank you for your letter. The notion of the girl those men & women are descended from distinct progenitors is certainly a very ludicrous one.1
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks CHB for his anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11826F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Harrison Blackley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Formerly in the private collection of Dr T. B. Robinson
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11826F,” accessed on 20 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11826F.xml
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